Non-refillable bottle.



PATENTED JAN. 7 1908.

G. V. DOHBRTY. NON-REPILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED Mum, 1907.

\VAGHIN GEORGE V. DOHERTY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 7, 1908.

Application filed March 4, 1907. Serial No. 360.303.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE V. DonERTY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suil'olk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in non-refillable bottles, and the object is to provide a device which can be inserted. in the neck of a bottle and which when so inserted will prevent liquid from being introduced into the bottle, but will not prevent the flow of liquid outwardly from the interior of said bottle.

The invention consists in a stopper constructed as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, and the invention further consists in the combination of said stopper with a bottle, said stopper being fast to the interior of the neck of said bottle.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a central vertical section, partly in elevation and partly broken away to save space in the drawings, of a bottle with my improved stopper attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a section, partly. in elevation, taken on line 22 of Fig. 1, the stopper being removed and the bottle being shown in an oblique position for pouring the liquid. Fig. 3 is a plan section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings, 5 is a bottle having a neck 6 provided with a straight bore terminating at its lower end in a shoulder 7. In the interior of the neck 6 of the bottle 5 is fastened a stopper 8 which may be secured to the interior of the neck of said bottle in any suitable manner, such, for instance, as by fusing said stopper to said neck or by cementing said stopper to said neck. The stopper 8 consists as a whole of a body portion 9, a head 10, and a stem 11, said stem being smaller in diameter than said head and said body portion, there being an annular groove 12 formed in said stopper surrounding said stem. The stopper 8 is hollow, being provided with an interior chamber 13 and having a hole 14 opening through the bottom thereof. The hole 14 in this instance is formed in a valve seat 15 inserted in the chamber 13. In the chamber 13 is located a valve 16 adapted to cover the hole 1 1.

The valve 16 is slidably arranged on a U- shaped wire 17, the legs of which are inserted in the valve seat 15. An arm 18 pivotally mounted on the wire 17 is adapted to swing into contact with the top of the valve 16 to lock said valve against the seat 15 when the bottle is placed upright, as shown in Fig. 1.

A stop 19 formed on the valve 16 is adapted to limit the movement of the arm 18 in one direction, while a stop 20 is adapted to limit the movement of said arm in the opposite direction. Two ports 21 and 22 leading outwardly from the chamber 13 connect said chamber to the annular groove 12. Two other ports 23 and 24 leading from the lower part of the chamber 13 also connect said chamber to the annular groove 12. The head 10 is provided with grooves 25 and 26 which extend longitudinally of the stopper entirely across said head thus opening from the groove 12 into the space in the bottle neck above said head. A cork 27 is inserted in the neck of the bottle above the stopper 8.

The operation of the device hereinbefore specifically described is as follows: Assuming the bottle to be filled with liquid, the stopper 27 is removed and the bottle decanted, the liquid passing from the interior of said bottle through the hole 14 into the chamber 13, in the direction of the arrows, Fig. 2, past the valve 16, through the chamber 13, through the ports 21 and 22, into the annular groove or space 12 and around said space through the grooves 25 and 26 in the head 10 and thus outwardly from the outlet orifice of the neck 6. IVhile the bottle is being decanted, the air which rushes inwardly passes through the port 23 or the port 24, as the case may be, into the interior of the bottle 5.

It will be seen by reference to Fig. 1 that if it is attempted to introduce liquid into the bottle 5 by sucking the valve 16 upwardly by means of a vacuum as is often done, the arm 18 which securely locks said valve against the seat 15 will thus effectually prevent the bottle from being filled.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire by Letters Patent to secure is:

1. In combination, a bottle, a hollow stopper having a hole in the bottom thereof, said stopper consisting of a head and a body portion adapted to iit the neck of said bottle, and a stem of smaller diameter connecting said head and body portion, a valve seat located within said body portion, a valve adapted to slide within said body portion, and an arm pivotally mounted within said body portion, said arm being adapted to swing into contact with said valve to lock said valve against said seat, said stopper having an annular passage extending therearound between said head and body portion, said stopper being provided with ports connecting the interior thereof with said annular passage above said valve, said head having grooves therein extending from said passage out of the upper end of said stopper.

2. In combination, a bottle, a hollow stopper having a hole in the bottom thereof, said stopper consisting of a head and a body por tion adapted to fit the neck of said bottle ,and a stem of smaller diameter connecting said head and body portion, a valve adapted to slide within said body portion, an arm pivotally mounted within said body portion, said arm being adapted to swing into contact with said valve to lock said valve against said seat, and two stops adapted to limit the movement of said arm in opposite directions, respectively, said stopper having an annular passage extending therearound between said head and body portion, said stopper being provided with ports connecting the interior thereof with said annular passage above said valve, said head having grooves therein extending from said passage out of the upper end of said stopper.

3. As an article of manufacture, a hollow stopper provided with an annular groove and passages extending from said groove out of one end thereof, said stopper being provided with two ports connecting said groove to the interior of said stopper, a valve seat located within said stopper below said ports, a valve adapted to slide within said stopper toward and away from said seat, and an arm pivotally mounted within said stopper, said arm being adapted to swing into contact with said valve to lock said valve against said seat.

4. As an article of manufacture, a hollow stopper provided with an annular groove and passages extending from said groove out ofone end thereof, said stopper being provided with two ports connecting said groove to the interior of said stopper, a valve seat located within said stopper below said ports, a valve adapted to slide within said stopper toward and away from said seat, and an arm pivotally mounted within said stopper, said arm being adapted to swing into contact with said valve to lock said valve against said seat, and two stops adapted to limit the movement of said arms in opposite directions respectively.

5. In combination a bottle stopper provided with an annular groove in its periphery and passages extending from said groove out of one end thereof, said stopper provided with two ports located above said groove and connecting said groove to the interior of said stopper, said ports being located out of alinement with said passages; a bottle having a neck in which said stopper is fast; a valve seat located below said ports; and a valve adapted to contact with said seat.

6. In combination a bottle stopper provided with an annular groove in itsperiphery and passages extending from said groove out of one end thereof, said stopper provided with two ports located above said groove and connecting said groove to the interior of said stopper, said ports being located out of alinement with said passages; a bottle having a neck in which said stopper is fast; a valve seat located within said stopper below said ports; and a valve located within said stopper and adapted to contact with said seat.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE V. DOHERTY. WVitnesses:

LOUIS A. Jonas, SADIE V. MGCARTI-IY. 

